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ITT: Famous quotes and their creators
Alexander Pope has quite a few, so I'll just post the more popular ones
>Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
>Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
>Dirty deeds [. . .] done dirt cheap
>To err is human, to forgive, divine
>A little learning is a dangerous thing
>The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness
>I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day
>Some sort of pressure must exist; the artist exists because the world is not perfect
>Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing!

>> No.13761374
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13761374

>Pope? ew no he's an incel
>Donne? YAAAAAAASSS KING SLAYY

>> No.13761718

>>13761374
t. Johnson

>> No.13761849

So what? You fags don't read Pope?

>> No.13761863

Shakespeare
>everything you've ever read, heard or thought

>> No.13762265

>>13761133
Is "blaze of glory" a Pope Original? It's in his Iliad

>> No.13763247

>>13762265
Yes

>> No.13763269

>>13761374
Was Pope an incel though?

>> No.13763353

>>13763269
that wasnt a thing before the 90s

>> No.13763363

>>13761133
>>I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day
that's hopkins

>> No.13763370

>>13763353
the term maybe not, but incels existed throughout all history.

>> No.13763567

>>13763363
Hopkins took that from Pope

>> No.13763612

>>13763567
you're fucking with me, right? i can't find anything on it

>> No.13763657

>>13763612
If this thread's still up when I'm off work I'll look for it

>> No.13765633

>>13761133
>The cradle rocks above an abyss etc
That's the first sentence in Speak, Memory by Nabokov. If you think that was written in the 18th century you need to read more. Same is true for the "some sort of pressure" line, definitely 20th century.

>> No.13766038

>>13765633
*17th century
Nabokov took it from one of Pope's letters to a female friend. The other is a translation from Pope's latin Tarkovsky employed. You seem to be ignorant of the fact that Pope is the most quoted writer in the English language aside from MAYBE Shakespeare/Neville.

>> No.13766280

>>13766038
>17th century
nice bait
>Nabokov took it from one of Pope's letters to a female friend
Prove it, coward

>> No.13766345

>>13766280
That is not my job. His letters are readily available in paperback and hardcover formats.

>> No.13766372

>>13766345
Thought so, poop poster. Have fun

>> No.13766417

>>13763269
He absolutely was, when you’re 4’6” you’re never going to make it with a woman and Pope felt this acutely.

>> No.13766446

>>13766417
Pope had several female friends and was quite lewd with them

>> No.13766456

>>13766038
>17th century

>> No.13766479

>>13766446
It’s easy to have close female friends when they consider you a sexless dwarf lmao

>> No.13766489

>>13766479
Keep seething junkie. Need another hit?

>> No.13766915

>>13766489
I’m not seething, just pointing out that Pope really had it rough as far as romance goes. Poor guy.

>> No.13766928

>>13763269
He was a manlet with a crooked spine. Take a guess